Originally Posted By: NightHiker
Originally Posted By: hikermor
What? Discrepancies by an author writing for commercial success? I am shocked, I tell you, positively shocked!

Nos. 1 and 2 are fairly trivial, and the others are perhaps not that important in the overall scheme, but I would take what he says with a grain of salt...

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I know that I have a hard time remembering whether several significant events in my life occurred at age 7, 8 or 9. No biggie.

As for the circumstances under which he was shot - my grandfather always said never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Concerning the term "pressure ridge" - does it really matter who originally came up with the term?


Any time that you're dealing with a human being you're dealing with their individual traits like memory, personality, quirks, habits, character and ego (just to point out a few). If you're trying to decide whether or not to befriend Mr Brown and allow him into your inner circle of close friends then the above issues may be relavent to your decision. If you're basing your decision on whether to glean whatever tracking techniques you can from him then I'd say his ability to tell a story is less important.

(actually the ability to make a story interesting IS a desirable quality in a teacher but I think you know what I'm getting at)


I would agree with most of these points if they applied to conversations, but not so much with these four presumably edited and proofread books whose publication dates span over 30 years of time.

A story-teller who keeps changing the supposedly true facts, back and forth repeatedly, does not strike me as very good.